The Sun. — London, England, 1808-02-25 00:00:00

i ! able to give roorelnformation to the house th'n • they liad yet received, ~. , The SPEdKER s<iict, - t'ljtki as he had beso . call d. ',.. open, hewoUld;c4t7ali'lljf t ,:seate tip the 1-lOuSetwhat be. • thought on. the•subjeet.'• The 'rules of the' Hoe were perfectly• clear,' ind it was•hk'duty to eriforpe them• ' ' The; aoplicati& •of tboSil rites was, nbt within hislirovince, but rested ' Wlit';;11Y; with ..ttle '' 11 °L 1 St• It . ;was. now nearly 160- years- since. the: House had received a . Report ,' froma Gran'tt :qi9ii) ,.. ? nrittee. The .S.faUding Qrders ,mode it1.4773H ' tel required, that all. matters relating to 1 :ape making any a lt e r a ti on 'th ere i n , s h ou ld O r i g i nate -t - 1 . in a Corntitiltee of the Whole' • House ; and it was'"; ' 10;be. recoßected, . that the Committee of Ways ''),tttaihfieani, which was always • a COrtimittee of the 'Oitte.iiiyuse r .,,had „only, within, a,very few years, zeen confined to - the consideration of matters bf ' titanic;V quid thou:tit it was now the constant prac tice, it. was for the Hais'e to determine how.far.they *t_rsieglit thertitti l ve t sVatid by it.. •• ... Ali% it: 13:'4R1NG . said, he thought the - Bill was i - eall• a regulatiOn oltrii':le as much as a meas2are of 'lnance ; and' ire 'W as sure, .that as.a regulation of trade, it was of the highest iniportance, and ought tot to be considered in a burry. It hue been pot into his hand enly tliat. day, arid from what he had seen of it, he wa., sure the most able and expeiieneed Merchant wtmld not be able to draw , any conclusion ' 3 , 1 ' 1 it in the shcirt time tile liOuse was. qXpected to -I° '• B° ' rleA . v.ishiti t tlreretirre for sonic longer delay. Mr. I.tos said a few words in eNplanation. . Lor d‘rEMPLE'said, s he would ask a single clues= ti°% which would put the matter out of doubt— • eckld the ditties b e • petitioned against by,, the Mer chants, to' be'nffetled by:. them in the course of: the present Session ? He wished the Speaker to inquire -lest, because - , if it . was a mere matter of regulation, they might.' 11 'e Sl l .B.4ls:Aft said, lie could view the Bill in' 110 otherlight Than as it came 'before-bin-I as a mea sure of Ways'jand . Means, and as such Aiwy could not petition against; the duties imposed by it. A division then took place oti Mr. Tierney's mo-' lion__ . . . , . . . • Ayes 53, N o es t t S.--'.Ma j or i ty G 3:. On being again-admitted into the Gallery„,`,.,„ ~', The en.iNCELf..O . II •of Exerti , ,Q.brot was .meeting the ,Order of. the Day for the .1-16 use to go into a entnutittee'o n the Order% in Couticil Bill, and that i,l he an instruCtion '.to the' said girininittee to take: olio consideration the American-Treaty ; which was: agreed to. • . ,• • -4 't ' swgiNsur CoMMERCC, !.. 1 ilittiVDE/V rose, to demand inf o rm a ti on f rom big Majesty'sw.;Ministcrs 'with respect .to the eti - e4t Which those eels wouldjlave. upon- tholrado.of s we- dell. • It' 111.. it country was to have her share of the ' •birrtlen ofthe war, bite would.,alio expea her Nhare 1 . ° l' th e be suits of what Commerce was allowed to txist. She eeuld not hove any, great p re dil e Pti on for Pityiii, (.2o or':3o per cent. on-all the commerce sire ylaS permitted to have. As the case now Stood, it •.‘yould appear, that' if, as Alperic:in S;yip - bouni to ~.,41edeo had any cotton on board, the slip might be first brought to ankinglis.h port, the cotton tak en • 't t .and ,tien a larte inty required on the remainkr ' the 'cargo. Tice Cli/INC:ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S . . Miti,litltitliik certainly intended that articl es o f' ' 'the produce of th e enemy' s country or colonies should 11 14 ,;ilas • much aspoSsible, prohibited. At t h e same . l ' i t t 'e tie arliiiiiCed; that it Was but fair that Powers ' t l • i h rv Y,lttg on 'war: tog flier' for a common oitjert . titerN paFtali'e - of common benefits. Thel matters, ~e f "re, to which•;the' Hon. Gentleman alluded, ''btlid 'be tire subject of. future arrangement with 4L .. Ine Court of SWeden. ' ''.• • . , . ; . Ilr•;WITi T a R i. A) asked - , whether here r)5(1 been Env . , / (encert with Sweden, previous to Opse ads ? ' • T he enANCL:L.I.OR• of the EXCllitatiErt made no • , t ( 1 )1 3' ;. and •Mr. r WiLITIIIiEAn' then said, 'he must PreSnnie, iron] his'sile'ec , i, 'that. there had been no Previoas euntirt• With SWcden. -., ' i ... okn v.R - I,KttiuNa.:),i, si:::1 AM L Rt. CAN TRE4TY.. • - ' Pr he/. 11 ,4"., 1 1 9,4 1 4en resOlVed itself into a-Committee '/' tite . ro of Council Bill. • ',.. • , .',,, , '"Y.: , '• 4gx,Ey fo 4 pd fault with the inconsist.. y r. yle tin-ili 44(4 of the 37tH of thec King, lii, - I, fl iti t y.,. , Ug. , y .- i' tkslue , yi..4noiericans ni manye, toscances on the e e r s 00 ,10 g. uliili Ehalishmen, a j t4,,e,, the saute' I u Va l il,l - 6 2 k•aiilltive.: en•ranietii,j`jklitali;aePrived , ne rn 4 6 • e, •' . ,7- vo. .. ' •,: `bt u those advantageS'. ~,, v , . ..... 1111i .'nOSE'ilinoilit, at the' tikfillti America , . , ~,, . ! Irubibited tb i e - ft‘iPo'ffation'of alniostAtioortriatto•-, i l t urgs,.ll . 4 thilti i iiotEotylpfai - ,,1'0r 'lls for, p utting r ," ci ialr!i''i6 . situa t ion; , _folic of the .. mAkfavourect • t e _uttalli;'. The itidulelices how6 . er w,lliFtl„were v u _w: gratitqa might, according: to ; (k eig - 0. Pro 7 .2 8 0 of the - Adt, be rcpcaled',in,.o6 course, of _ thP Preßent SeSsion, if it was jtAged necessary. . ; Nva llif „ '," 7 . 74Riti COY Sat, that airbe found fault with ~,; 1 11ar tWO'Aetii,• l 4ttolutely contrary to each other, ritt he t''", be passed at the satire time. He did not think j tlib- be; passed via's' at till 'weeded hi; 'stating, that ever.) , , i n„ln:tht s 'A,e. t , . , Treaty' • b - 'peat e a •'• ,- - renewing tine might e it-- Lii r ,..' In tuq eunri I' ' ;sent cession. The ..,'lnsl ant e,, , or -0 o t int pre • . . :„...., tills of the o t Ri gu i ch kinds of provisoes. was in thpi'ax 'end s i nce . 0 . .c., 1 . Hon. GentleMaa -(Mr. Itose);,, 4re a t ei , 11 , , l eY were introduced, there had been a, , ibr. , 14,0. 4 `a%F i 1c9 than fciriner)y,in.drawing.tip Acts cii.st,..ttn enfno t id i t 1134d.bOtue COMITiOII to bring vith e , 0 explain a Bill, to .amend a Bill passed in the I . " Sesiloti. Withont, meaning to. State whp i sii izt . t te_Bills for renewing tire.Ti4aty ought or ought .0 4 to Pas 4, be c ou ld not but condcmnthe incon t - ~,Pey of. two ' cootradictOry-,Bills passing the i. . . ' 4 ,4 4 • 0 4:4 1 / 4 1NCEA LOR of the EXCHEQUER :.; 4 l' n ekthit the•Bill•for coutinning the A6l Confirm -4,9,,,,,A,trieri0n Trelitydid not originate trotn any th „ 1 -11 e - tvelif - 1117 ti;6" - Governntents, but from .. ' ji -w ii'di e. t . - ir . e . U , 11 449g,er i fg lite . old Act being . upon . 'the, , lith . ot expiring., That Ad, therefore, must • 1, 1v .. , , u r 1 -*,'llit, litipdqtY 'expire, or else, be rene.wed i ''4; . . l ' , T ) "adY.' '' If therefore appeared -tO him, that ji t )7 _!t t 4 c,ootd trot be-rixpeeted that auy Bill,- •fouridedi I : %Orders of Cbiiiitil,' which Would necessarily :: • 14 . 1 4 cite• much discussion, could be passed: through galcurses - . i ki : . a ..._ - . by Monday, it was the . 'hest why . .to " a 13111 renc:wing - the A.& Of the d7tif•bf tiWMa. ttitt7 1 alio, tiliezvt,, anci thett.,4lly i sub,ieggezuFfill,w!ijell , th e (N , ~ t lougra pro t *r, after" 'a fult disclisiou of f nut " i lq , , tßA)leetlnCii, would point outitte,erctiiti - 11, H .4 '', u ' e l'-it•wiclutd, ba necessary- to make.- , This: was • sun; r law , r . tts.i t .:: . ,C. , fh.th,t);tppnretit itiaphsisteney of which : r ' rlion ; 44 eutlet - nan.cotnplained.. Net w i'th4taiia ;:, .„ ~, Ing the 6mhargo hiith the American GovernMent hackiaid op,biolivajegry!s.Miiliiiiksili . d.neewiAll en ¶toechangelehe commercial , relationsf between this Country and America. That AEI. of the Ame rican.GovernWfit Might 'proce . ed'frOm the spleen pf the moment, Msd be - :sotin repealed.. At.. all exent:.,;, he Legidature Were ex pi.essly enabled . by the provi sbes:oft be Bill, to abet or repeal it . ln the: course of the Stmsioti, if theyth9tight proper." ‘, ///r4 1 1 N considered.thaf great don raSIQLI might arise in pra6liee - from - . tlitSlneonstent pro ceeding: ,Supposelhe embargo were tiiken off, and : :•an American Captain were to bring a eai - () here on .the faith `of a-Bill renewing and - confirntiog the for mer American Treaty, he might lole his cargo after wards by the - effed of the subSequeat Bill. This' would appeaCtO him an ad of positive swindling on the part of this Cot - Miry. Mr. If HnTREA.I) considered that there were several provisions in the Orders' , of Council which never could be executed, and that'. the bare attempt to execute them would infallibly produce an Aine ricair war. It was generally supposed that the embargo was not levelled at this Country only, but was occasioned by Abu unreasonable demands of France. . • Mr. ROSE said, that,their Non-importation Ad was levelled almost exclusively at the produ&ions of this Country. • • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER . saw no reasOn' for believing, and did not believe, that , either the present circumstances of affairs, or the measures then under consideration, would induce the. Americans to go to war with this Country. Such a war must be as contrary to their interests, as it, would be to the wishes of his .Majesty's Govern- . merit ; but in case they should determine on war, this Bill for continuing the Treaty, subject to some exceptions, could be immediately repealed. He must again repeat, that the only reason' for proPes-• ing this Bill at present' was, that the former Ad would expire in. the course of the next week ; and it • Was therefore necessary (if it was not wished that it should immediately expire) that some Ad. to con tinue it for a time torbe should be passed by Monday : • • After some 'conversation, the first Clause was agreed to. • Upon the second Clause, which was•introduced to prevent.the E-tporiiiion of Jestlit's Barl, Mr. ITHITBREAD rose and said, that upon. this ClauSe he \vas determined to take the sense of the'Committee. He - believed the Right Hon Gen- Ildman .(the Chancellor of the Exchetpler) had been mneh deeeivt•U lien he stated the other night; that Bark•was scarce in Paris, that the price was 7os. a pound. • It was possible that - a particular species of • bark,' the red bark, might bri'at"that price; buctliat_ species of bark which was generaily use.d, Was cer tainly at nottrng like that price; The red h .irk was also dear and scarce in : this Country. •He objeded to this preposed'measure of preventing the expoqa tion of bark, because, itt the first place, lit conceived it a measure futile and absolutely nugatory, which could have no possible 'effect on the contest in which we are engagetL His information %vas, that there was at present 'a sufficient' supply 'in France, not only of bark, but even of sugar, fa answer the con sumption for two years. It was not, therefore, like ly toat those measnres could produce any irnm'ediate sensible pressure. He . theretlife considered, that the measure, as proposed foi the purpose of tbreing the enemy to a just and honourable Peace, was 'futile, childish, and nugltory. 1 - le`objected; how ever; to it mores strongly on adcount'of its detestable principle, which was revolting to every feehng of humanity --(loud cries of hear; hear !) Who .Was . this measure ot retaliation direCted - against,' and who were to sutler by this privation ? . 'lt was the sick, the' helpless, and the infitin. It was . against the hospitals of France that our retaliiiaiott Wfras to be reeled. 'the Right Hon. Get - 106613h seenied to he deterthined to Wage war,' neither Upon t.le principles of 'eiVilized warfare 'at the present day, nor even i upon` any principles Of war which IL - i! ory could skew, except in tones of the tuo•At remote autiouti. should' have considered 'that .this Country i; also lifueh'iridebted to foreign commerce. sl.ould •hirvis f recollea,ted that this Very drag does ciof grOw in • ouiletritories, •bUt in our enernyLico;onit.si not our eneinies have then ;ne power of ittallatiog direttly upon us? and SAy j yolirselveS shall no longer receli*,thf4t uwdiCine which you wise to cleptave us,4? - was OW . boo. Gentleman su 40 . p CIICt) as not to know that this wawa' - drug tor wniCh maid substitutes could be fotind ? Many insuitic,..s titkiand in history 4 to site w.the tUily of . retort ifi •• 'tb those'Mal viiittices ; ' rier• w eird • ,n.- *lbws whine fee.ingS' re dead to ,Wll4t.ltkimility prescribed even uf khoae men nk,bt even, Iron the: cold 'eafculltions of policy, 1 ti i rtilit' It g -ros ty • • even with an enemy r. as toe ntop L Aueetuat way of carrying ones it , ,,,) !O 'Oa ip s ' i -- war!, When it wus betoie stated dint. thrlo wzi4 a great scat city of bark in, France; and Govecument then gave a licence ibr th'e r)fportatiuu of it but the French Gevernment wOulcl not gi\ e.a. licenctLto, sutler it to 'be Imported, Ile hoped tlallilit Hon: Gentleinan upon cop:;ideration, is up that det'e46lslc mode, of warfare that hefhab adopted.- 17pliti the same principle th;it it cowl, lit. +tittue, Itlitt it WaS s an objet' to this country to iirevent the cure. pt diseases in Fringe, it uu,,ht also. be.,eared that a MUkipliriation of di'seae was an obje6i, ' th;:ti we would be justified in conveying pcskil,eitce and all manlier of disorders to 'hat country . however,' feeling \vas notlO Rllo wed to duel mine this tines-. Lion, he was sure that sound policy w oUld reject the MeasurenO Protted,bjth'e Right klon:Gentleman. It must be recolleoed.„ that at ene, period lit the late war, the Government ,Of this tiolairy,.ac;ed upon the principle of sytTO,ng, France.: I'llest,,, , ,meastires, however, mere •Chfulaletely ineffectua!, amid by the, diSpensations of Proytdence, inji kw years,atter wards this country was itself 14duced to toe gie‘hest want of provisions. .4 had lieu no other yesource but the Continent ; and it WWI be ICCOUCCItid now, that all the ports of the Continent \tile shut ilgainet • us; and that,, the Manlier .iti,,nerica was treatcd by the present .Niiitis'ers, iai country could nu longer he looked in 101 . 'y, Attlihugli at pie- Sent thcie. W.is no sk.:,lty.; vevy t ret,y,tiionins suuatioo, aod our sufferings ..you o i,q ' nueo tti. Tile other timions you y 9 ;:,.:t yot!•deprived our ales; Of every neeess:.cy could 'lit ithold ... • . .-,• . from the . en." \Ve should not tlien deserve the Vity of mlnkind, and would b considered as a detestable , natine: that . *as.gutfering• a' well-Merited imnigh- , menc fur the crime_it * had committed against other countriiSs. CILINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to the Hon.' Alleniber, said, that as to his sepeas . eion that there was .no scarcity. of bark in 1-).::1L.7e, and therefore that this measure must be in etl',J•cival, this WAS,Zi fact upon which he was com pletely at issue With him. ' 'He had information that there, were most pressing orders in London for bark . to be exported to France, and every possible facility promised on the part of the French Government.— He therefore did trust that this measure would have some effect in . convincing Europe that the system Which was now pursued was still more disadvantage ous to the Continent than to this country. \ lt would therefore be qualified to break down that unjust sys-' tem. whith is pursued against this country, and per haps to induce the enemy to. some modification of those measures which he would perceive were as prejudicial. to him as they can be to us. If, as the Honourable Gentleman had said, the measure should - prove entirely futile and nugatory, it must then tie allotted that, it could not produce all- those mischiefs and sufferings which he had described ; but if, on the other hand, it did occasion considerable distress to the enemy, there was reason to hope that he might wish to remove that distress,lay adopting something of a more reasonable .system of warfltre w i t h respe d to us . A s to t h ose fi n -, sent i men t a l ideas which the Hon. Gentleman had expressed, about the humane triode of carrying on a civilized warfare, he should be, glad that he could persuade the enemy to adopt them • but afi,wars had hitherto been carried on, the burdens of them often necet sarily felt on the innocent and the helpless. If any General besieged' a city, it was the constant praclice 'to cut off every supply of provisions and necessaries from that city, although the consequence must ne cessarily be, that many sick and infirm per Sons, many.women and children must suffer great priva tioni•and hardships in consequence of it. No per son could have any pleasure in irifiieting the miseries of war upon the 'innocent inhabitants of a besieged city ; -but still it was often 'necessary in ordeir to duCe that city to surrender. Although the garrison might be the last to feel the pressure, yet the distress of the inhabitants often occasioned the surrender of the place. He could not see any thing more detest able in retaliating upon an enemy, in' order to pro cure a just and honourahlupeace,rhan it was, when tleniegil)g a city, to use those means by which alone that city could be taken. As to the danger of-the enemy not allowing corn to come tra us from their j country in case of a scarcity here, the French Go- Vernment had already taken care of that, and shut the .ports of .the Baltieand.the Whole Continent against us; and whether we alloWed Jesuit's Burk to be exported or not, it could not be•supposed that they would send,us corn, as long as they thought that by. Withholding it they could force us to a peace upon their own terms. ~ Mr, 4,USHINqTQN read a paper, giving an ac count of the prices of bark at Amsterdam last winter, by .which it appeared, that the., price. of it after Christmas was only sixteeeshillings,a pound. It therefore was quite improbable, that it could now be so high as seveory shillitngs. 'As to the red ba; k, it was extremely scarce in England, and he only knewof one ches of 200 lb. tube disposed of, and that was to be sold at twenty-rive shilliegs.. a . pound. He conaidervd • that endeavouring to increase the . sum of hetnan was a war fie only ter assassins, but not Ibr English.een. Mr: HIIIIIEEI' stated as a proof that it .was some times better not to retaliate, that ,When the French Gevernment once issued a Decree that no quarter should begiven to English tioeps„ we did not,attempt at' retaliation, and that barbar.oas order was never car ped into execution. • • . professed olijea of the prOhibason n impression . upon the .Freneh army : kit Rtiler`of France so ignorant.ofte adVi.mtag - es that i,trere to be derived frirm - •W it h r 'privations ? .Anxion's as he was to :give hip .kipport to other parts -of the Bill, 'he clinic! not to-this: It would give, a character ,of ferocity to the. war, to which he hoped, for . the heincittr of humanity, this Country:would never resort. He was averse 'from leaving 'to the discretion of Goverument the'•power of judging of the propriety of the exportation—the measure could have no good effed, and might have tiae contrary. . General GASCOYNE justified thth conduct of thp Commander in Chief of the Expedition to Copy., bagel], in respect to the pardoning of'Soldieri ac cused of some outrages. The prohibition had hi 4 perfeet concurrence. He wished that poisonotes drugs' might also be included. • We had ail heard of.lifia; they had been used there, and probably night be wanted again by the Ruler ,of France. Sir.A. WELLESLEY stated, that the reason the Soldiers were not brought to punishment was, that the Commander of the troops in 'Zealand had doubts of the extent of his power 4. The whole subject was at present under the deliberation of legal . au.. thority. Mr. DENT thought the subject ought to be made the. matter of a specific charge. The CHA'Nef;LLOIe of The EXCHEQUER oh. sen,:ed, that these observations must he very grating t4i the Noble Lord intereated. The non-execution of the sentence was owing to douhrs in the Conunander whether ,the sentence could be executed accol 2 aifig to. law. It 4ad been the subject of much legal tle- , liberation, and was, not yet quite settled. The highest judicial authority in the country had doubts of the .propriety of the cOmitition. He wished to bribg back the mouse to the.taestion, which. was, not whether it was right to prohibit the expoita. l tion of- back, but whethei- it was proper to raise; duty on it. . Mr. WHiTEREAD rose to give notice, tLat;iralhe course of a few days, he. would bring the question respeEting the. Hanoverians. to an issue. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL exculpated the .Conv. minder of the troops. The question had bcen 't c ferred to hurl and .his Colleague, and afterwards to higher authority. , Mr. D. GIDDY justified the general principle of the Bill, inasmuch as. it related to the law of na tions, and the municipal He, howcver, could .not approve of the intention of prohibiting the ex.= portatiOn of bark. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observcd, that there was nothing in the Bill to prtihiuit the • exportation of that or any other article. Mr. TIERNEY Said, that the nailer Ave advamed in the Bill, the mare intoleray we Lecanie. He wzia astonished the Bight Hon. Gentleman- should kvo introduced ,such etanses. The House saw how they were rewarded for their indulgence. cqn cluded • with moving, that the Nviads " Cotton Wool. and Yarn" should he expunged . froni' the Clause. - • Sir C. PR/CE confirmed the statement of ~..the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHi tICIER. reiptipg•the price of Jesuies,bark rif Paris, which be kneW • frOin authoritYi upon which he.eoukl place pa e& reli ance, was 703. a pound. It was also , within Ins kno s wledge, that unlimited ortkrs had been received for its,exportatioa. to ~ the Continent. 'ibis tva . i iw common war in which we .were engaged.' Tile Emperor of lzrance had interdided all point ofthe Continent to us, and' we were therefore justified in every mode of retaliation. There - solid not bc, iu his opinion, a wiser measure, or one more likely - to be efteaual,than that:proposed in the Bill. Mr. A. BARING opposed the . principle ct.f the measure at some length. had not heard it . stated by any class of persons, that the smallest was likely to be derived from it. The. idewol-exeit. . . ing the discontent of the inhisbqnnta of ,by I • withholding the exportatton of bark, was absurd ; for the arrival. of one vessel freighted with 'that art would.be sufficient At) -supply the inmiediate de maods of the whole Continent.. The AuvoCAT E GENERA L entered into an ext mtion of the geneial tencir- of the Orders in Council. Shlps•sailing from any ports of the United Si ites, plot* tp the 20th of January, were e3trepted. front the • Cousvquences of the breach of blockade„ .:) ll they sailed subsequent to that peritid, and after Roc. , tice.received, they were - liable. A vesiel attenipi ing to enter a blockaded port after being. - warnal, also'subje6t itself to confiscation. So that all these'charges of sWindling, piracy, and robbery, of which the-lioPse had heard so much in the course of the evening, would amount, to this, that a neutral was not allowed to enter a blockaded port. Sir A..: , P100T oppbsed the Clause under coni. deration, afrAd condemned the whole of the system, The House divided tipon_Mr. TIRIttsInX'S motion : Mr. Secretary' NA' .itG thought that it was "not peceiiary, 'on the present . oecasim, 'to proVe the justice and necessity at the %vat. in which we wet* engaged. It wps much . to be lamented, that, the horrors of war usually Ott who were Ingo; cent.of ti n c.ttiscs at •it. If the Hen. Cattleman (Mr. Whitbread) could, rind out a wL:y by which. the bolt was only to 1'44 bpon the guilty heads of the aothors'of the war ii the world at large C'ettn, try:Would be :Mich i4(lehret.l.t6 him until that discovery j ‘kas nimie, in every war necessarily fall upon the innocent aucl and by the consideration of those I ea.a . mities, a powerful tnetuy was ofteirinduced to wish fOrpOce. The General .. whO cOnduets the attack of a city must; while he coudats his . appreachens, anticipate v. nit regret the pangs • and sutielings of the innocent in habitants ~ but that feeling should not be L.xclu , ;tie to him, but sitotild s be at least as strong in the breast of him who exposes the population of 'the town to ' attach calamities. He couldnoz see any thing, in the prltielp:es of this Bill contrary to the practice : of mo ' dui% war, and more e...pecially to such a.war as, we were now engaged in. lie. thought the Honourable Gentlernan must be 'coMpletely'inisitiformed, when it hail been' represeMecl' to him 11:at Fnince had at least two :.'ears stock of bark, as`weii as cit e sugar.- --lie coneeiVed . this •tO be incredible and iMpossible.. ‘ln the artiole of sugar alone, there had been an in ,trease44i :50 per cep t. within the last six weeks, and •-fromlthat we might judge of the pressure which would be occasioned on the Continent by preventing the .supply. - MK' WHITBREAD defended; with considerable the opinion he bad - before stated. He in stanced .the non-execution of the French Decree for giving no quarter, Us a 'proof that generosity' , otten . did more to oisarm Ail eneniy than stria . ret'alialion.— .11m-had been lindierio; • among civilized natians;a: degree of generosity . always pr / ictiseddn war to the - sick unit iaatira7a. When, during the last, wa'r, Cadiz ',was visited with'ti peStilence, and' by;seme accident ; we threW some sliells Info it at that time, this aCt . was •condetlitiel all - over Europe as most ungenerous and ttrnetoiii. lit thongtitithe Act which was now proposed to - the tionie must ex,..:ue at least tin equal deeyee abhorrence, and•l!e, on that account, con miry to sound piili`y. •i measoivXtinum., iriLBEICFORCE - w - as decided in his .trisign Joshua Gleitst.inesc (it too 13th Foot, is sup : 4secicd. Ilion against any prohibition of the'exportatiOn of .-C-Aptain F. L. Sean,' of Mauran's Regiment, is itipcfsea;tl, }lark.. lite , did‘not expea that it WOuld be. )) C il/ g 4t)l'ent. wi t hout, teltve. " The undermentioned Aopoilitmetits; QS-brat:din the prihinetive of any advantage; . for this re;lisoil, that. of the •Ath of ar.:ll rtwi o t n ut May. itt ob any LL - 3 - Iqieney. that...anici,..! would AKA ailed the Feb. have. not taken place ► :troty.but thn inii3Oitants. The -inere'desire 3 9 th Fo,,t, Thoituil Pe.arocke, GCtit. Ensign. any aricie , vov i d . in d uce -. an . Tad title,-Ensi'fin janies Bean to be Licottaikat. 9th Dina, Lieutenant George G.. Munro to Ile Captain sit a uOinad,u- supply it . it were to be had at all; 'rho . _ Ayes' '76--7Noe; 167-,-Majonty u'. • While Strangers' were excluded, another division, we understand, look place on the motion of Mr. wiliTikap.Ao, for excepting Jesuits' bark : Ayes' 78—Noes I 65--Majority 87. When Strangers 'ere re-adtnitted, we found Sit T. TURiON opposing that Cinuse in the Bill which relatedto.:huport& from the Isand of St. Domingo. He concluded with tnoving, thatA.rticles, the growth and prothice of St.:Doiningo, imported into, thri Country under Llcence, previous to the pass;ing this Act,, , and - subsequent to 'the publication of the Oriors in Council, shall be subject ro the - Dutii's niz,ntioned in Schedules A. and B. of the Bill. The motion, we . understand, was negatived. ~. Strangers were - excluded fee 'some time; mi 46„ after some further discussion, wu understand the Chairman reported progress, - and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow (this day ) . The other Orders of ' the Day were, then postA of; and at half.past one o'clock the liouis adjourned. _ From the LQIVDON G4ZETT,E,. Feb. ma, isu 3, I {! '~ f~